To Raise Up a Nation: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, and the Making of a Free Country (repost)

William S. King, "To Raise Up a Nation: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, and the Making of a Free Country"


2013 | ISBN: 1594161917 | EPUB | 679 pages | 6 MB

The Sweeping Story of the Men and Women Who Fought to End Slavery in America"In his fast-paced and deeply researched To Raise Up a Nation, William S. King narrates the coming of the Civil War, the war itself, and the emancipation process, through the intertwined lives of John Brown and Frederick Douglass. King"s stimulating, well-written account draws upon telling anecdotes and pen portraits to document America"s dramatic story from Harper"s Ferry to Appomattox, a drama personified by the lives of Brown and Douglass." —John David Smith, Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and author of Lincoln and the U.S. Colored TroopsDrawing on decades of research, and demonstrating remarkable command of a great range of primary sources, William S. King has written an important history of African Americans" own contributions and points of crossracial cooperation to end slavery in America….

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As If an Enemy"s Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution (Repost)

As If an Enemy"s Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution By Richard Archer


2010 | 305 Pages | ISBN: 0195382471 | PDF | 3 MB

In the dramatic few years when colonial Americans were galvanized to resist British rule, perhaps nothing did more to foment anti-British sentiment than the armed occupation of Boston. As If an Enemy"s Country is Richard Archer"s gripping narrative of those critical months between October 1, 1768 and the winter of 1770 when Boston was an occupied town.


Bringing colonial Boston to life, Archer deftly moves between the governor"s mansion and cobblestoned back-alleys as he traces the origins of the colonists" conflict with Britain. He reveals the maneuvering of colonial political leaders such as Governor Francis Bernard, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson, and James Otis Jr. as they responded to London"s new policies, and he evokes the outrage many Bostonians felt towards Parliament and its local representatives.


Archer captures the popular mobilization under the leadership of John Hancock and Samuel Adams that met the oppressive imperial measures—most notably the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act—with demonstrations, Liberty Trees, violence, and non-importation agreements. When the British government decided to garrison Boston with troops, it posed a shocking challenge to the people of Massachusetts. The city was flooded with troops; almost immediately, tempers flared and violent conflicts broke out. Archer"s vivid tale culminates in the swirling tragedy of the Boston Massacre and its aftermath, including the trial and exoneration of the British troops involved.


A thrilling and original work of history, As If an Enemy"s Country tells the riveting story of what made the Boston townspeople, and with them other colonists, turn toward revolution.

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